Gilbert Betters is not the Chosen One. He doesn't know magic. He's never been on an epic adventure or participated in a heroic quest. He is, in a few words, just some kid from Nebraska.


But when he's unceremoniously pulled into a bizarre fantasy world-complete with magic, dragons, and sandwich generators-a suspicion arises, and it only grows when he learns that a world-threatening tyrant is quickly rising to power. When the strange truth about Earth is revealed, Gilbert is all but certain.


He's a protagonist.


He's read fantasy books before, and he knows his way around a story. This is clearly some kind of inciting incident. He has all the makings of a Hero...or at least, he has the backstory of one. The rest is a work in progress.


Thrown into a baffling new land, as lively and eccentric as it is relentless, Gilbert befriends wizards, librarians, and one highly intelligent butterfly to combat the looming threat of tyranny. All the while, he must confront questions of his own reality and decide just how much he's willing to sacrifice to find a home again.